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Virginia Music Teacher Wins Grammy Award Virginia Music Teacher Wins Grammy Award
Virginia Music Teacher Wins Grammy Award A Virginia music teacher and orchestra leader has won the 2024 Grammy Music Educator Award. Annie Ray, who is Annandale High School's orchestra director and performing arts department chair, advocates for universal access to quality music education, and has developed creative opportunities to make music accessible to students of all demographics, according to a write-up on the Grammy website. Annie Ray Provided by the Recording Academy Ray is a mom of two who lives in Arlington, and was up against nine other nominees. She received the award during the Recording Academy's S…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Popular Pennsylvania Band Director Dies Suddenly In Virginia Popular Pennsylvania Band Director Dies Suddenly In Virginia
Popular Pennsylvania Band Director Dies Suddenly In Virginia Rees Llewellyn, a Pennsylvania native and former school music instructor in communities across the state, died on Wednesday night, Nov. 8, according to a former colleague.  Llewellyn, most recently of Fairfax, Virginia, was the former high school band director at Camp Hill High School and Springfield Township High School in Montgomery County, his social media profiles show.  "It is with a heavy heart to break this news to you on Facebook — I thought you needed to know. Rees Llewellyn passed away yesterday," his former Camp Hill co-director Barbara Kauffman wrote in a gro…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Dead Baltimore County Music Teacher Was Recording People Without Their Knowledge: Police Dead Baltimore County Music Teacher Was Recording People Without Their Knowledge: Police
Dead Baltimore County Music Teacher Was Recording People Without Their Knowledge: Police Numerous of recordings taken of people without their knowledge were recovered from the home of a deceased Baltimore County music instructor, authorities said.  Scott Tiemann, 46, taught music lessons at several schools in the area as well as at his Pikesville home up until his death, Baltimore County Police said. Tiemann was to have died by suicide, Fox Baltimore reports. Police did not reveal exactly if the recordings were of Tiemann's students, how many there were or detailed their content. Tiemann had been teaching in the Baltimore area since 1997, according to his obituar…

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by David Cifarelli